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* Foreword supplied by Fish and Game Commission on October 10, 1957.

These rules and regulations may be used as guides in the exercise of discretion, where a discretion is vested. However, under no circumstances, and in no particular case shall they, or any of them, be construed as a limitation or restriction upon the exercise of any discretion, where such exists; nor shall they in any event be construed to deprive the commission of any exercise of powers, duties and jurisdiction conferred by law.

Except for rules or regulations adopted pursuant to provisions of Sections 200 to 221, inclusive, of the Fish and Game Code, the commission may suspend or modify these rules, in whole or in part, upon good cause shown or when in the discretion of the commission the particular facts or circumstances render such action appropriate in a given instance.

** Section 12000 of the Fish and Game Code provides that a violation of any provision of that code other than Sections 3009 and 12001 or any rule, regulation or order made or adopted under that code is a misdemeanor.

Section 12000 of Division 9, Chapter 1 of the Fish and Game Code provides that a violation of any provision of the rules and regulations found herein in this Title 14 is a misdemeanor. (Stats. of 1961, Ch. 1815.)

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** Amendment to foreword supplied by Fish and Game Commission on May 15, 1980.